Ann Coulter has described Islam as a ‘car-burning cult’ with a ‘predilection for violence’FRANCESCO GUIDCINI

“Can you hear me? I don’t want you to miss any of my invective,” says Ann Coulter as she begins her speech to the Oxford Union. The American political pundit — Donald Trump’s cheerleader-in-chief — has made a career out of baiting left-wing liberals and she’s on fire tonight. She warms up the crowd by saying “Trump won me over with the Mexican rapist speech” — a reference to his accusation in 2015 that Mexico was bringing “rapists” to America.

Cue the limpest of protests. An anaemic-looking boy stands up: “No Trump. No KKK. No fascist USA.” A few friends tentatively join in. The security guards — who earlier had insisted that I bin my potential missile, a Pret BLT — lumber into the hall but the…

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